[jira] [Commented] (DERBY-6078) Propagate a set of properties to the junit tasks in build.xml

["Knut Anders Hatlen (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Knut Anders Hatlen commented on DERBY-6078:
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Looks like a useful improvement. +1
                
> Propagate a set of properties to the junit tasks in build.xml
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>                 Key: DERBY-6078
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6078
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Test
>    Affects Versions: 10.10.0.0
>            Reporter: Kristian Waagan
>         Attachments: derby-6078-1a-cmdline_property_passing.diff
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> At times it would be very helpful to be able to specify a set of properties to pass on to the JUnit tests when invoking the JUnit tasks in build.xml. Examples are specifying a non-default port to use, to shorten down the run-time of the stress-test,or to specify the location of old release jars (this is already handled explicitly).
> There are several alternatives on how to do this - see http://ant.apache.org/manual/Types/propertyset.html for details.
> I suggest we try out the simplest approach first: pass on any system properties set on the command line. It should be very simple to implement. The downside is that a property you specify for the higher-level build script may interfer or be in conflict with the running of the tests.

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